For starters: San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat

June 6, 2013|By Ira Winderman, South Florida Sun Sentinel

MIAMI — A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Thursday's 9 p.m. NBA Finals game between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs at AmericanAirlines Arena (ABC):

Starting lineups

MIAMI HEAT (0-0)

Center: Chris Bosh

Power forward: Udonis Haslem

Small forward: LeBron James

Shooting guard: Dwyane Wade

Point guard: Mario Chalmers

Inactive: Juwan Howard, Jarvis Varnado.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS (0-0)

Center: Tiago Splitter

Power forward: Tim Duncan

Small forward: Kawhi Leonard

Shooting guard: Danny Green

Point guard: Tony Parker

Inactive: Aron Baynes, Nando De Colo.

Referees:

Pregame note of note: San Antonio's Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are the first trio on a team other than the Celtics and Lakers to reach the NBA Finals four times together. With their championship in 2007, the Spurs became just the third team (Lakers and Bulls) since the 1976-77 ABA/NBA merger to win four championships in a nine-year span. Still, 11 of the 15 current players on the Spurs' roster will make their first NBA Finals appearance. Only Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Matt Bonner were on the roster for the Spurs' most recent championship, in 2007. Duncan, Parker and Ginobili have combined to play 56 Finals games.